Friday, March 7, 2008

Putting Things in Perspective

You know, I have it pretty good. I'm in relatively good health (for a
fat guy), I have a wife whom I love deeply (and vice versa), and I've
got two of the handsomest boys ever to walk (and fall upon) the face of
the planet.

That said, I've got problems just like everyone else does. Nothing
huge, just regular everyday type of stuff. This morning I found myself
in a bit of a funk about the current situation. I think it was blown a
bit out of proportion in my mind due to the fact that.....well.....I
was being an idiot. And then......well, I got a nice superkick to the
face via the latest blog written by an old friend. You see, he has been
fighting cancer for the better part of the last year or so. If I
understand his writings, he was pretty well convinced that he was
winning the battle. That changed this week. He's had that meeting that
no one ever wants to have with his/her doctor. You know, the one where
a time-frame is discussed.
And suddenly everything is in perspective. Yeah, it's commonplace to
write about such things and use cliches when hearing news such as this.
But, dang it all, I just don't know what I would do if given the same
news. The point here is, my problems are nothing. And I was a moron to
let myself get as upset as I was this morning.

All right, enough seriousness. On to the frivolity. I'll quickly segue
into a new topic by using no segue whatsoever. Let's talk about "voice
comments" (becuase I'm sure you're not sick of hearing about them yet).
I got my first one this morning. You ready for this?



No, that was it. Go ahead. Listen to it again. That's all. WHAT THE FLIP?!
I would welcome any explanations to this mystery of a message. Did
someone dial a wrong number? Did they really want
to leave a voice comment, but then chickened out much like I did when
calling girls to ask them out in high school? Were they attacked as
they left the message and quickly had to hang up. The possibilities are
endless. What do you think?
Suffice it to say, I was underwhelmed by this message. Somebody please leave me a real one.



And the obligatory cuteness

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